Charcoal Tablets
Charcoal Tablets are used to treat food poisoning and salmonellosis in DayZ. They can also refill Gas Mask Filters, making them useful for both sickness recovery and contaminated-area preparation.
Quick answer
Charcoal Tablets are a medical item made from activated charcoal. They are mainly used to speed up recovery from food poisoning and cure salmonellosis, especially after eating raw meat, raw fat, guts, raw fish, or eating and drinking with bloody hands.
In-game description
“Made of activated charcoal. Used as an absorbent to treat poisoning and overdose or as filling for gas mask filters.”
Main Uses
- Treat food poisoning
- Cure salmonellosis
- Recover after eating raw meat, raw fat, guts, or raw fish
- Recover after eating or drinking with bloody hands
- Refill Gas Mask Filters
- Carry as part of a sickness treatment kit
How to use this item
Treat food poisoning
Use Charcoal Tablets when you are dealing with food-related poisoning symptoms, especially after eating unsafe food or handling food with bloody hands.
- Stop eating unsafe food.
- Take Charcoal Tablets.
- Drink and eat carefully while recovering.
- Avoid raw meat, raw fat, guts, raw fish, and bloody hands in the future.
Treat salmonellosis
Charcoal Tablets can cure salmonellosis, which is commonly connected to raw food mistakes and eating or drinking with bloody hands.
- Take Charcoal Tablets as soon as symptoms appear.
- Avoid unsafe food and water while recovering.
- Wash hands, wear gloves, or use hand wraps before eating.
Refill a Gas Mask Filter
Charcoal Tablets can be used as filter material for Gas Mask Filters, making them useful beyond basic sickness treatment.
View related guideHow to get Charcoal Tablets
- Search kitchens, farms, prisons, medical locations, and hygiene-related loot areas.
- Check clinics, hospitals, homes, and survival-focused buildings.
- Look for them while gathering medicine and contaminated-area gear.
- Keep them when found, especially if you eat hunted food or travel with gas mask equipment.
Spawn info
- • Charcoal Tablets are rare medical items.
- • They can stack up to 12 tablets.
- • They are useful for both sickness recovery and Gas Mask Filter refills.
Medical notes
Treats
- • Food Poisoning
- • Salmonellosis
- • Poisoning
Risks
- • Eating raw meat, raw fat, guts, or raw fish can cause salmonellosis
- • Eating or drinking with bloody hands can cause sickness
- • Charcoal Tablets do not replace every medicine for every illness
Related symptoms
- • Food poisoning
- • Salmonellosis
- • Vomiting
- • Sickness
- • Bloody hands
Prevention tips
- • Cook meat and fish before eating.
- • Wash bloody hands before eating or drinking.
- • Wear gloves or improvised hand wraps when handling raw meat.
- • Keep Charcoal Tablets with other sickness medicine when possible.
Important notes
- Charcoal Tablets are mainly used for food poisoning and salmonellosis.
- They can help after eating raw meat, raw fat, guts, raw fish, or eating with bloody hands.
- They can also refill Gas Mask Filters.
- A full pack contains 12 tablets.
- They are rare, so they are worth keeping when found.
- They are different from Tetracycline Pills, Multivitamin Pills, and Chlorine Tablets, which cover different sickness and prevention situations.